The document summarizes the agenda and minutes from the 2019 Kerala Bird Monitoring Workshop held on June 8-9, 2019. The workshop reviewed results from the 2018 bird atlas surveys, discussed plans for the 2019 wet season surveys, and included sessions on bird identification, long-term monitoring, and using eBird data. Key topics included priorities for surveying forests, wildlife sanctuaries, and non-forest areas during the wet season, addressing coverage gaps from previous surveys, and sharing experiences and lessons from long-term monitoring programs.

1. Kerala Bird Monitoring Workshop
2019
8-9 June 2019
KKN @ Brennen College

2. Kerala Bird Monitoring Workshop
8 June 2019, Seminar Hall, College of Forestry, Thrissur
Time Minutes Topic
14:00-14:30 30 Introductions, Agenda Review, Review of 2018 Minutes
14:30-14:45 15 Kerala Bird Atlas: Recap & Results Overview
14:45-15:30 45 Kerala Bird Atlas: Plan for 2019 Wet Season
15:30-15:45 15 Tea Break
15:45-16:05 20 Heronry Counts
16:05-16:20 15 Wetland Counts and AWC
16:20-17:00 40 Data Quality, Analysis and Networking

3. Action Status
Upload Vembanad AWC data to eBird Done
Provide summaries of panchayats to all Done
Contact each group who committed for long-term
monitoring and work out protocol
Partial
Analyse churn/stickiness of GBBC/OBC volunteersPending
Check if the correct Panchayat shape file itself can
be obtained
Done
Obtain list of Panchayats for each district from
individual contacts
Partial
Action Status
Divide Idukki non-forest into clusters Done
Transmit abundant/widespread species separately for
wet & dry season
Done
Obtain dry & wet season visualisation side by side Pending
Create a Kollam team before dry season 2019 Pending
Finish Wayanad wet season review asap Partial
Upload all pending Wayanad lists for dry season Partial
Upload all pending TVM lists Done
Upload all pending wet season Pathanamthitta lists Done
Upload all pending Kozhikode lists Done
Review of 2018 (June) Minutes

4. Action (Forests for dry season) Status
Confirm all surveys dates with FD Done
PTR: Transmit PTR tiger monitoring cells Done
PTR: Map bird atlas cells to tiger monitoring cells Done
PTR: Dedicated meeting in Kumili with forest staff Done
Parambikulam: Prepare the list of participants Done
SVNP: Identify transects/routes Done
Idukki: Meet Warden & discuss details incl. boat. Done
Neyyar: Meet Warden & discuss Done
Shendurney: Meet Warden to discuss further Done
Create 2018-19 plans for forest surveys Partial
Action (Non-forests for dry season) Status
Idukki: Divide non-forest into clusters Done
Kottayam: Discuss dry season and close Done
Malappuram: Complete remaining non-forests Nearly done
Ernakulam: Complete remaining non-forests Partial
Kollam: To do remaining non-forests when time
permits
Pending
Review of 2018 (Dec) Minutes
Action (Reserve forests for dry season) Status
TVM Territorial: WWF will plan random surveys Pending
Achenkovil: Kollam team to cover Kollam side Pending
Konni: Easy road access subcells to be covered Pending
Ranni: Easy road access subcells to be covered Partial
Organise proper forest surveys in KLM/PTH Pending
Palakkad: Young Birders to do easy subcells Done
Nelliampathy: Young Birders to do easy subcells Pending
Siruvani: Young Birders to do easy subcells Pending
Nilambur: Malappuram team to do weekend forays Partial

5. Kerala Bird Atlas:
Recap & Results Overview
8 June 2019

6. ID KL PT MA PL ER KT TV TS KZ KN WA KS AL
353 343 330 371 380 399 328 378 424 367 413 331 332 290
219 191 232 257 281 271 204 219 275 242 253 238 236 162
50 40 65 61 65 50 42 47 56 39 53 56 68 51
109 94 134 156 142 126 140 104 113 115 139 131 140 91
District
# species in eBird
# species in Atlas
# Abundant species (> 5% lists)
# Widespread species (> 5%
subcells)
Pending
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
Idukki
KollamPathanam
thitta
PalakkadM
alappuram
Ernakulam
W
ayanad
Thiruvananthapuram
Thrissur
Kozhikode
Kannur
Kottayam
Kasaragod
Alappuzha
Completed Wet Dry

7. 103.25
335.25141.75
78.75
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
PA RF
Southern,
156.25
Eastern, 97
Central, 53
PKM-FD, 50
PTR-FD,
32.25
High
Range,
29
Agasthya, 21
FOREST COVERAGE – DRY SEASON
PENDING SUBCELLS
PENDING

8. https://birdcountindia.shinyapps.io/Kerala_print/
8 June 2019
White-cheeked Barbet Crimson-backed Sunbird Yellow-browed Bulbul

9. Reports are ready?
Do you know how to use the birdsurveycrunch?
https://paintedstork.shinyapps.io/birdsurveycrunch/

10. Kerala Bird Atlas:
Plans for Wet Season 2019
8 June 2019

11. FOREST COVERAGE – WET SEASON
PENDING SUBCELLS
PENDING
PTR-FD, 148
Southern,
125.75
Eastern,
92.25
PKM-FD,
45.25
High
Range,
41
Central,
39
Agasthya, 37
230.25
298
14.75
116
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
PA RF

12. Priorities
• Tiger Reserves
• National Parks
• Wildlife Sanctuaries
• Hilly Non-forests
• Reserve Forests
• Mid-lands & Coastal Plains (Non-forests)

13. IDUKKI HILLY NON FORESTS
21.5
3.75
20
19.25
1.25
8.5
17 11
12
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
M
unnar(TCR)
RajakkadChinnakkanal(KNR)
Udum
banchola(KZE)
Cheruthoni
Kattappana
Kum
ily(KAS)
Elappara(W
YD)
Peerum
edu
Completed Pending

14. TIGER RESERVES
• PERIYAR TIGER RESERVE
• PARAMBIKULAM TIGER RESERVE

15. NATIONAL PARKS
• ERAVIKULAM NATIONAL PARK
• ANAMUDI SHOLA NATIONAL PARK
• PAMPADUM SHOLA NATIONAL PARK
• MATHIKETTAN SHOLA NATIONAL PARK
• SILENT VALLEY NATIONAL PARK

16. WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES
• NEYYAR WLS
• PEPPARA WLS
• SHENDURNEY WLS
• IDUKKI WLS
• KURINJIMALA WLS
• CHINNAR WLS

17. IDUKKI HILLY NON FORESTS
• MUNNAR (THRISSUR TEAM)
• CHINNAKANAL (KANNUR TEAM)
• UDUMBANCHOLA (KOZHIKODE TEAM)
• KUMILY (KASARAGOD TEAM)
• ELAPPARA (WAYANAD TEAM)
• RAJAKKAD
• PEERMEDU
• THODUPUZHA
• CHERUTHONI
• KATTAPPANA

18. RESERVE FORESTS
• NILAMBUR NORTH
• NILAMBUR SOUTH
• MANNARKKAD [ATTAPPADY]
• MANNARKKAD [SIRUVANI]
• PALAKKAD
• NELLIAMPATHY [NEMMARA]
• RANNI
• KONNI [PTH]
• ACHENKOVIL [PTH]
• KONNI [KLM]
• ACHENKOVIL [KLM]
• TENMALA
• PUNALUR
• TVM [KULATHUPUZHA]
• TVM [PONMUDI HILLS]
• MALAYATTUR
• MANKULAM
• MUNNAR [MARAYUR]
• MUNNAR [ADIMALI]
• KOTHAMANGALAM

19. Heronry Counts
8 June 2019

20. Wetland Count & AWC
8 June 2019

21. Data Quality
Analysis
Networking
8 June 2019

22. Kerala Bird Monitoring Workshop
2019
9 June 2019
K K Neelakantan
1923-14 June 1992

23. Kerala Bird Monitoring Workshop
9 June 2019, Seminar Hall, College of Forestry, Thrissur
Time Minutes Topic
09:00-09:30 30 Inauguration, Introductions, Agenda Review, Yesterday’s Minutes Review
09:30-10:00 30 Bird Surveys (Forests, Idukki): Learnings & Concerns
10:00-10:45 45 Bird ID Workshop: Session 1
10:45-11:00 15 Kottayam Bird Atlas: Experience Sharing
11:00-11:15 15 Tea Break
11:15-12:00 45 Bird ID Workshop: Session 2
12:00-12:45 45 Women in Birding
12:45-13:45 60 Lunch Break
13:45-14:30 45 Bird Sound Workshop
14:30-15:15 30 Latest from Bird Count India
15:15-15:30 15 Tea Break
15.30-16:00 30 Long Term Bird Monitoring: Experiences, Way Forward
16.00-16:15 15 GBBC, OBC, EBD
16:15-17:00 45 Bird ID Workshop: Session 3

24. We meet again – the sixth year!
‘14
‘15 ‘16
‘17
2018

25. Review of Yesterday’s Minutes
8 June 2019

26. Monitoring Fruit Bat Roosts
8 June 2019

27. Forest Bird Surveys
Idukki Hilly Non-forests
Learnings & Concerns
8 June 2019

28. 103.25
335.25141.75
78.75
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
PA RF
Southern,
156.25
Eastern, 97
Central, 53
PKM-FD, 50
PTR-FD,
32.25
High
Range,
29
Agasthya, 21
FOREST COVERAGE – DRY SEASON
PENDING SUBCELLS
PENDING

29. IDUKKI HILLY NON FORESTS
0
2
3
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
M
unnar(TCR)
Rajakkad
Chinnakkanal(KNR)
Udum
banchola(KZE)
Cheruthoni
KattappanaKum
ily(KAS)
Elappara
(W
YD)
Peerum
edu
Completed Pending
9 June 2019
Completed Pending
169 9
95%!!!

30. https://birdcountindia.shinyapps.io/Kerala_print/
8 June 2019
Rose-ringed Parakeet Plum-headed Parakeet Malabar Parakeet

31. Bird ID Workshop
Session 1
9 June 2019

32. Kottayam Bird Atlas
Experience Sharing
9 June 2019

33. Tea Break: 15 minutes
11:00-11:15
1
1111
9 June 2019

34. Bird ID Workshop
Session 2
9 June 2019

35. Women in Birding
9 June 2019

36. NGO Membership
Region Sex Ratio (# Men per Woman)
Assam 1 : 2.09 [32]
Delhi 1 : 2.81 [26]
Maharashtra 1 : 2.09 [32]
Kerala 1 : 2.77 [26]
India 1 : 2.37 [27]
eBird Recent Checklists
Region Sex Ratio (# Men per Woman)
Assam 1 : 5.20 [5]
Delhi 1 : 2.60 [10]
Maharashtra 1 : 3.44 [9]
Kerala 1 : 8.00 [4]
India 1 : 3.38 [16]
GBBC 2019: Top 100
Region Sex Ratio (# Men per Woman)
MNHS 1 : 9.44 [25]
CNHS 1 : 4
KNS 1 : 4
NGO Executives
Region Sex Ratio (# Men per Woman)
MNHS 1 : 12 [2]
CNHS 1 : 9
KNS 1 : y
BNHS 1 : 6

37. Bird Sound Workshop
9 June 2019

38. Latest from
Bird Count India
9 June 2019

39. Long Term Monitoring
Learnings, Strategies
9 June 2019

40. Great Backyard Bird Count,
Onam Bird Count &
Endemic Bird Day
in Kerala
in
9 June 2019

41. Bird ID Workshop
Session 3
9 June 2019

42. Thank you
9 June 2019

43. SURVEY DATES 18-21: Silent Valley
19-21: Shendurney
8-11: Periyar Tiger Reserve
22-25: Eravikulam, Munnar WD
1-4: Parambikulam
15-18: Neyyar/Peppara WLS
Notes:
• 29-31 August, 7-8 September and 12-15
September are back up for covering difficult
subcells as repeat surveys
• Idukki Non-forests for different districts can
be planned after other survey dates can be
confirmed.
• Idukki WLS does not need dedicated survey
dates
• Mankulam RF and Nilambur South RF may be
attempted if time permits
Proposed